DAILY NEBRASKAN
Friday, October 15, 1943
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Business Manager Charlotte Hilt
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
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Nr-in Kdltiirx Jean ftlolfrlty, Markulm O.MHlwln. iililla Hill. Mary Hflew Thonia
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AixUtant RnMama Manager Jo MarU, Sylvia BernitKln
It's a Good Idea,
Keep It Fair
Am action that should have become a tradition long ago
u;s been taken by the Tassels this year. Nomination of the
IVp Queen from anion", the eoed group chosen to lead school
.spirit and pep is a wise move. And this first .such nomination
looks good from here.
The girls have been fairly chosen. They seem represen
tative of the Tassels, and of all the coeds who could properly
iil! the title "Pep Uuoen." They're, all cute, well-liked, and
typical of what Nebraskans like to think of as their fairest
j iris. Four are affiliated well split up among the different
sororities and one bail).
This should make for a f;iir eledion. The "faction" did
rm1 have a chance to instruct the Tassel members as to bow
tlit'y should vote. The five coeds were put up on their own
merits and not on whether they had political backing. We
repeat ibis should make for a fair election.
It so happens, however, that llie Tassel's unprecedented
aelion without instruction has caused quite a furor. What
children some people are!
We have often wondered if this campus could have an
election enlirely unlainted by political bickerings or dictation.
Is it necessary that someone decide "Susie .Smidgin should be
queen this year. She needs something else to get her a'l set
for . . ." ete. and so give "orders" for everyone to vote for
Susie no matter if they think their sorority sister is better.
And are all people who live in organized houses unable to
think for themselves?
The pep Queen election is coming up Monday changed
from Tuesday and there are five good candidates up for the
office. (Jo to the polls and vote for the one you think would
make the best queen. The vote .should be rather evenly di
vided. If it isn't the ugly head of fation politics has en
tered where it has no right to ,jo!
The Gold Dust Twins
Walking down the slreet the other day, we heard an in
quisilive looking tcnt ask one of the (Jadgets if this were th
turbary Coast. Heing one of those typically naive lads from
Krnoklyn, the (Sadget stated emphatically that it was not, and
why did this gent have the impertinence to ask such a silly
question. So the silly looking gent with a gentle, knowing
smile, replied that he had figured il must be because of the
Mimber of (lold Hricks he'd seen around.
Naturally, such a statement hurt that litlle fellow from
firookljn. lieing very conscientious ourselves, we too, have
oflen been sorely hurt by the seeming lack of energy on the
p;irt of those about us. Hut what has touched us to the quick
lire 1he insinuating soygs that the (ladgets invariably start to
king when Ihe Sua I us march industriously by them.
Feeling that "(Joldhricks, floldbrieks," and other similar
fongs were unjust, unfair and a slur upon the high standards
of the Snafus we immediately set out to discover the truth of
ihe matter. We began with a lengthy investigation of th"
causes ami origins of such songs. At first we were beset with
the suspicion that Japanese agents had started rumors, bit1
jitter many niglits of tireless labor, we finally hit upon the
glorious truth. It Mas jealousy. I'lain, unadorned, natural
jealousy. The (Jadgets were afraid that the Snafus were go
ing to surpass them in the ancient and honorable art of goof
ing off from any and all obnoxious details, and they thought
lhat by insulting them they could get the Snafus to do more
than their share of the work, thus relieving the (Jadgets for
a few extra dates with those luscious Nebraska coeds. 15ut
their Achilles Heel has been discovered and the Snafus have
refused to bow down to the Ciadgels' pretended superiority.
Heeause of the huge amounts of academic work which the
Snafus must do, they may npt be able to outdo the (Jadgeb
in goldbricking, but, at least they can equal them. So please,
in the future, don't refer to any particular group when speak
ing about goldbricks; simply say, "The Gold Dust Twins arc
at it again." Such a statement should cover the situation per
fectly, nor will anyone's feelings be hurt by a direct reference
to them. Long Live the Cold Dust Twhul
"Hey get a load of that smooth job in the
red dink!"
This was a recently arrived ASTP student
speaking, and he was speaking about the only
girl at Nebraska who was wearing a freshman
cap. ,
Nearly 400 freshmen bought these eaps, but
why? They never wear them! And when they
are asked why they never wear them, they re
ply "They 're silly !"
Jn nearly every college and university
throughout the country freshmen are forced
to wear something to designate their class, no
matter how "silly" it may seem.
Perhaps singling out freshmen from upper-
elassinen is on! v one way of inflating upper
classmen ego. hut remember the fresh men of
today are the upperclassmen of tomorrow and
if no distinction is made today, it will be then
own go which suffers tomorrow.
Perhaps this practice is carried out in many
schools only because of tradition. Nebraska is
fairly new and not its steeped in trad'tion as
manv schools, but traditions have to be estab
lished sometime. Instead of putling your eaps
away in memory books to show to your grand
children, wear Iheiu so that 50 years from now
when they are wearing freshman caps at Ne
braska you can say with pride "It was nn
class which established that tradition."
l'.ut the best reason lor wearing these caps
is not to establish class distinction or tradi
tion, but rather to help establish some school
spirit, but thev do very little about it. No mat
ter how much the upperclassmen lack school
spirit, the freshmen must uphold it. They are
new and for the first time they are expenene
ing all the things which a university has to
offer. It is only natural that their enthusiasm
should be greater than that of upperclassmen.
Wearing freshmen caps may not make oi
break school spirit, but it is one way of prov-
One girl who makes the most of her 24 hour
day is Virginia Stuermer, a leading junior
barb woman on the campus.
This summer "Stuerm" eould b seen
haunting the Student Foundation office,
dre.s.sed in her ginghams, with.
her brown hair braided in pigV.' ,
A conscientious persons, Vir-
gini.a never accepts a position.,
unless she is sure she will do it
justice. Although she has a pre-
med major, she si ill finds time!
for her numerous activities nndl
devotes much time and energy,
to making them all successful.
Oftentime her brown eves arc
serious and thoughtful when in earnest con
versation, but they never fail to light up with
pleasure at the appearance of a friend or a
good joke.
When she's not busy being treasurer of
Foundation and War Council, working on
RAI'.W or AWS. or attending Pub Koard
meetings she likes to relax with a murder mys
tery. She even reads when she puts up her
hair as otherwise she. "would be wasting
time."
An excellent tenuis player, Virginia regrets
that she is unable to play oftener..
ITor favorite pastime is cherry pie a-l.i-inoile.
"I'll make good use of that any time.
If there's no pie, I'll settle for just the icecream."
ing the freshmen haven't failed in their spirit.
Let's see those 4!0 freshmen caps being
worn !
JANET HEMPHILL,
Mortar Board.
Live & Learn
By Triphammer Peepash
The Smiths. Davises, Johnsons.
Millers and Wilsons outnumber all
other family names in that order
on the University of Texa-
campus.
LOOK! I
Down on the ground!
It's a snail! It's a worm! It's
a 'clod! It's . . . feebleman. Fee
bleman, the man of yesterday!
Running slower thaji a snail, un
able to jump over ant hills . . .
feebleman, chump of the op
pressed, offender of justice, wag
ing unceasing peace against th
forces of crime. Feebleman is.
in civilian life, Hartley Faugh,
wealthy playboy but when he
puts on his Star Spangled union
suit, he is transformed into feeble
man, the world's weakest mortal
the Man of Lead.
Last week we left feebleman in
the clutches of Percival Smythe
Smythc. gang boss, who had just
beaten him to within a millimeter
of his life. Smythe-Smythc hit
our hero over the head with a
Montgomery Ward catalog; (fall
edition), bound him hand and
hand with stoUh tape and left
him struggling in his third floor
apartment.
This weeks adventure bids
fair to be even less interesting
than last week's, for feebleman.
after struggling vainly for the
week between Ihe two install
ments, has not been able to ex
tricate himself from his flimsy
bond.1. Theiefox, there will not
be much doing this week, as
feebleman struggles all thru this
week without getting out. Maybe
you had better go and read Lit
Abner or something interesting.
Mr. Smythe-Smythe returns to
the apartment. He leans over
the helpless figure of feebleman;
he raises his revolver, points it
at feebleman and pulls the trig
ger. One of the gangsters turns
to Symthe-Smythe and gasps.
"Cheez, boss he's shot! The
bullet had effect!"
Feebleman dis of the wound,
so I won't be able to continue his
adventures. I would like to, of
course but that's the way it
goes. If he's dead, he's dead.
The ROTC barracks on the Ala
bama Polytechnic campus boasts
a paternal coke machine. Recently
one of the barracks fellows drop
ped a nickel in the slot and liit
the jack pot! Much to his sur
prise, when he picked hia bottled
coke out of the delivery chute, an
other one followed it, and then an
other and another until 22 bottles
in all had been delivered in rapid
succession. Latest reports have ft
that further efforts and cajoling
have faded to get a repeat per
formance.
Lillian Gish, early stage and
screen star who acted in some of
David Griffith's epics is scheduled
to speak on the Indiana uni ver
ity campus.
3r )
Our employees are raising $175,000
in War Bonds, over normal payroll
deductions, to send a Bomber over'
seas. Meanwhile,, we continue our
wartime job of moving manpower
from where it is to where it is needed.
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